COLD WAR AND ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR

Question 1

Who were UNITA supported by?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 2

Which group did the USSR and Cuba support?

Accepted Answer

MPLA

Question 3

When did President Reagan persuade Congress to lift the funding ban?

Accepted Answer

1985

Question 4

A transition government was agreed January 1975. When were elections planned for?

Accepted Answer

October 1975

Question 5

Which group did the USA initially support in Angola?

Accepted Answer

FNLA

Question 6

Who signed a 20 year 'Treaty of Friendship' in 1976 with the People's Republic of Angola?

Accepted Answer

USSR

Question 7

What did Kissinger persuade President Ford to do in July 1975?

Accepted Answer

Fund the CIA to covertly fund the FNLA

Question 8

Who sent troops to help Angolan President Neto suppress a coup from a pro-Soviet rival in 1977?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 9

Which country's empire had Angola formerly been part of?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 10

Why did the USA fund the FNLA ?

Accepted Answer

They wanted to stop the USSR gaining an ally

Question 11

what did the CIA do which undermined the transition government & planned elections?

Accepted Answer

Gave $300,000 to the FNLA who then killed some MPLA activitists

Question 12

How did Cuba help the MPLA hold off the FNLA and achieve victory in 1976?

Accepted Answer

Sent 12,000 troops

Question 13

Why did Congress vote in Jan 1976 for no more funding for the FNLA & UNITA?

Accepted Answer

Congress unhappy CIA & Kissinger had lied to them

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